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Key Individuals of the Revolutionary period

• Many Individuals played important roles in shaping events of the American Revolution!

King George III

• He was the British King during the Revolutionary Era

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Lord Cornwallis

• He was the British General who surrendered at Yorktown
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Lord Cornwallis

John Adams

• He championed the cause of independence

• John Adams

George Washington

• He was Commander of the Continental Army

• George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

• Major Author of the Declaration of Independence

• Jefferson

Patrick Henry

• Outspoken member of the House of Burgesses
• Inspired colonial patriotism with "Give me Liberty or give me death" speech

• Portrait of Patrick Henry

Benjamin Franklin

• Member of Continental Congress
• Helped frame the Declaration if Independence